Original Article - Indian J. Aerobiol., Vol 21, No. 1, pp 13-23 (2008)
by R.Sahay1,S.Parvataneni1,R.Barns1,F.Aguirre1, A.Wozniak1,AB.Singh2,J.Gasana1
1 Environmental Diagnostics Laboratory at Pure Air, Clearwater, FL USA &
2 Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology,
ABSTRACT
Surficial samples were collected on Bio-Scan400™ for mold evaluation in buildings and homes. Bio-Scan400™ is a sample collection device for environmental surface sampling. Over six thousand five hundred Bio-Scan™ samples were collected over a period of five years (2004-2008) from both residential and commercial facilities across the
Key Words: Mold, Bio-Scan400™, Indoor Environment Quality (IEQ), EDLab
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